RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: Is anyone using Pro Desktop Express?

I think it is video related. I have tried Pro Desktop on 3 different systems
all running Win 2K. Works great on 2 of them with no hang-ups. On the 3rd (a
Toshiba laptop, factory installed Win2000, 196 mb ram, 600 mhz PIII) it
freezes with the CPU at 100 % as soon as I try to do any of the 3-D stuff.
Works fine if I stay in 2D.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----

> I've put a message on there for a couple of days, and there has been no
> views and no replies.
>
> I don't think they'll rush to fix any bugs reported by a free-user.
> And even if they did, there maintence users would get the benefit
> and i'd probably have to wait another 6 months.
>
> I've got 128Megs of ram (win2k) and i was only a short way in to a very
> basic exercise to get the freeze. PDT keeps the cpu going at %100, and i
> have to kill it in task manager. I can reproduce the crash doing the same
> thing in multiple ways, yet i've done all the basic->advanced tutorials
> without problem, so it seems definitely nothing to do with hardware/bios.
>
> > 1) Make sure you have twice as much memory for these programs
> as you think you need.
> >
> > 2) Don't try to run them on a homebuilt computer that you have
> installed 2 or 3 generations of Windows with upgrades. Put them
> on a box that came with the operating system that is presently in
> use and download all the significant updates. If you do use an
> updated machine, make sure your Bios is updated too!
> >
> > 3) Number one problem that I have found with 32 bit
> applications that causes crashes are the older HP printer
> drivers. Number 2 is the video drivers. These can all be updated
> over the web, so do it.
> >
> > I have never crashed Prodesktop lite and have been using it for
> about 4-6 months.... not full time. If you want to use a model
> with StlWork, make sure to save it as a binary stl format. My
> scaling was correct from ProDesktop to StlWork in inches. I
> really liked the ability to control the surface tessellation so
> that the triangles were placed at the surface approximation that
> was useful to me. You can make coarse models for quick concept
> pictures(with small files) or use finely toleranced ones for
> superb machining surfaces.
>
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